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NASA to Hold News Conference on Astrobiology Discovery
Science Journal Has Embargoed Details Until 11 a.m. PST On Dec. 2 MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA will hold a news conference at 11 a.m. PST on Thursday, Dec. 2, to discuss an astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life. Astrobiology is the study of the origin, evolution, distribution and future of life in the universe.

The news conference will be held at the NASA Headquarters auditorium at 300 E St. SW, in Washington. It will be broadcast live on NASA Television and streamed on the agency's website at http://www.nasa.gov.

Reporters may view the televised press conference at NASA Ames Research Center in the main auditorium, Bldg. 201 or ask questions by phone. To obtain dial-in information, journalists must send their name, affiliation and telephone number to Steve Cole at stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov or call 202-358-0918 by 9 a.m. PST Dec. 2, 2010.

Participants are:
Mary Voytek, director, Astrobiology Program, NASA Headquarters, Washington
Felisa Wolfe-Simon, NASA astrobiology research fellow, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, Calif.
Pamela Conrad, astrobiologist, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
Steven Benner, distinguished fellow, Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution, Gainesville, Fla.
James Elser, professor, Arizona State University, Tempe



http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2010/M10-110.html


any ideas what this is about then folks ?

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Hope it's not Orks. On a serious note, I'm guessing they found another rock with some kind of bacteria, FUNGUS, or algae on it. Anyway, if it was serious, I doubt anyone would hear about it. I'm looking at you, CIA.

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Dunno, maybe they found some sort of plant life on a planet, or what they think is plant life anyway.

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Hopefully they've found life on Titan. That would be awesome.

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Medium of Death wrote:Hopefully they've found life on Titan. That would be awesome.

Yes as its in nuking range. We're in it to win it people, for the species!

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Frazzled wrote:
Medium of Death wrote:Hopefully they've found life on Titan. That would be awesome.

Yes as its in nuking range. We're in it to win it people, for the species!


Which could potentially heat it up as a result, melting the ice and turning it into a tropical resort. It must be done.

   
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Medium of Death wrote:
Frazzled wrote:
Medium of Death wrote:Hopefully they've found life on Titan. That would be awesome.

Yes as its in nuking range. We're in it to win it people, for the species!


Which could potentially heat it up as a result, melting the ice and turning it into a tropical resort. It must be done.


Yes, a nice radioactive tropical resort.
   
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Medium of Death wrote:
Frazzled wrote:
Medium of Death wrote:Hopefully they've found life on Titan. That would be awesome.

Yes as its in nuking range. We're in it to win it people, for the species!


Which could potentially heat it up as a result, melting the ice and turning it into a tropical resort. It must be done.


Yes, a nice radioactive tropical resort.


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Perhaps they have discovered intelligent life on Earth.

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No matter what it will be it will probably involve the creation of a new body to govern the astrobiological entities that they find at the cost to the taxpayer of several gazzillion dollars.

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rubiksnoob wrote:Yes, a nice radioactive tropical resort.


Sounds like the Middle East in a few years time...

   
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Kilkrazy wrote:Perhaps they have discovered intelligent life on Earth.

No they'd definitely try to keep that a secret. No sense in panicking the citizenry.

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Kilkrazy wrote:Perhaps they have discovered intelligent life on Earth.


KK... being as this is taking place in DC, I doubt they found any semi intelligent life.

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Elmodiddly wrote:No matter what it will be it will probably involve the creation of a new body to govern


This is it then : they've decided that Spanish lady really does own the Sun.

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reds8n wrote:
Elmodiddly wrote:No matter what it will be it will probably involve the creation of a new body to govern


This is it then : they've decided that Spanish lady really does own the Sun.


Perhaps they are just going to send her on a mission to closely inspect her property.

   
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I'm taking legal action against her for sunburn last year then.

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I figure it's NASA announcing that in fact, they DO still exist.

I'm only half-joking...this smells as much of PR as ofscience.

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What has piqued my curiosity is that S.R. Hadden will be at the press conference.


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It will be something to do with the Cassini probe no doubt.

   
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It seems that way. http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/introduction/
After having a look through the above link. I think it's either going to be Titan or Enceladus that we hear about.
Probably Enceladus, as:
Nasa wrote:Questions surrounding Enceladus’s “astrobiological potential” are at the heart of many investigations being conducted in the Solstice Mission.

   
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Clock set and everything. Suddenly I cant wait for December 2. I just hope its not a huge let down like....well....we found erm.....some dust on our lens!
   
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KingCracker wrote:Clock set and everything. Suddenly I cant wait for December 2. I just hope its not a huge let down like....well....we found erm.....some dust on our lens!


Enceladus and Titan may have some signs that could indicate the potential that life may be able to exist.....
   
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I know what they're really announcing.


You see, NASA...









... they just saved a bunch of money on Shuttle insurance by switching to Geico!

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Mr. Burning wrote:
KingCracker wrote:Clock set and everything. Suddenly I cant wait for December 2. I just hope its not a huge let down like....well....we found erm.....some dust on our lens!


Enceladus and Titan may have some signs that could indicate the potential that life may be able to exist.....


Oh I knew this. Infact as soon as I saw the thread title I figured it has to do with something out by Saturn. I follow this stuff closely.

Melissia wrote:I know what they're really announcing.


You see, NASA...









... they just saved a bunch of money on Shuttle insurance by switching to Geico!



Whoa.................a joke? This is a first Ive read from you
   
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You have some serious resolve. Ive got just over 8k posts, and I think 100 of them are not "joke-y"
   
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Might be something to do with arsenic... apparently.

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